Our society has been thoughtlessly consumed by blind materialism for the last several decades. We need to open our eyes to how we spend our money.

Recently we were having dinner with a union member and he talked about visiting family members in North Carolina. When he was younger so many of his family members worked in textile plants. He recalled visiting back east when the big box stores opened up and flooded the market with cheap, poor quality imports and how these same family members would pile into their cars and excitedly go to Wal-Mart to buy cheap clothing. He was filled with the thought of “What are you people thinking?” as he watched them with glee purchase stuff made overseas that were in direct competition with what they made with their own hands.